I was on the fence with this one. Michael Bay has made me hate over the top, explosion fests. Vapid. BUT this is Guillermo del Toro we're talking about here. I LOVE HIS MONSTERS! Both Hellboy movies were great. Clash of the Titans reboot, not so much, but the monsters were cool. It's half the reason I own Pan's Labyrinth.

This movie is exactly what you think it is. I love that there was no pretending it's the movie of the year. The taglines touts with childlike enthusiasm- "Go big or go extinct" and "To fight monsters we created monsters." I chose this image to the right because it's a nod to Jaws, the first summer blockbuster. Summer blockbusters are meant to be fantastical and out of this world and I think that Pacific Rim does exactly that.